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Summary

Theme

The general vibe and theme of Golisano Go-Karts is that of the IGM student experience. Where would IGM be if it was magically transformed into a kart-racing world? All questions of design should somehow relate to and ask ourselves of, does this thing (mechanic, narrative, aesthetic, technology, etc etc) somehow link to an aspect of the experience of being a student in IGM at RIT.

Genre

(Primary) Casual Arcady Kart Racer
- Here, we are trying to be specific about where we fall in the subcategories of the genre.
- Casual - here we are trying to pick up on the laid back crowd, I can pick up this game here and there, I don’t need to play it every day, probably fun and social, instead of hardcore.
- Arcady - here we are trying to pick up on short-form commitment. I have 15 minutes to play crowd. Short core loops of gameplay.
- Kart Racer - opposite end of the spectrum of “sim racer” lets go for “imagine what it feels like to have fun driving cars, rather than actually driving cars” - similar to how “guitar hero and rock band give a casual arcady “idea” of what it is like to be a rock star… not what it actually like. It is the “fantasy” of being a race car driver”. A child’s imagination of being a race car driver.
(Secondary) - While not particularly our focus, in press releases or focusing on a convention/trade show. We can present this as a “X” game, for example, “Racing Game”, but we are more targeted specifically for the Primary Genre listed above.
- Casual
- Arcade
- Racing
(Joke) - Mario-Kart-like
- Everyone here who has taken Game Design 1 with Nick knows how much he dislikes the “SpecificGame-like” genre title. But since we are “copying” Mario Kart as a learning experience, Nick will make an exception not to get frustrated with this genre term in this case. 😛

Setting

A fictional kart world inspired by RIT, Golisano College, and IGM.
Tracks will have “imaginated” versions based on iconic RIT and IGM student locations.
- For example, “The Quarter Mile” can become an inspiration for a location for a cool race track. As students walk up and down it every day.
- Another example, a famous “Mario Kart” track is “Rainbow Road” Golisano Go-Karts version of Rainbow Road could be called “Mobius Brick Strip” etc etc.

Game Objective

Primary: Be the player/kart in first place at the end of each race.
Secondary: Have fun racing with friends.

Tagline

TAGLINE - It's just IGM themed Mario Kart - TAGLINE

Special and Unique

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Deliverable Goals

Throughout this project, we hope to accomplish these goals. This is basically our mission statement. What you work on each day should always push us closer to our goals.

Game Goals

Team Goals

Personal Goals

Individual personal goals for each member can be found in their personal bios in Appendix A. [Link to Appendix A.]

Target Audience

Primary

IGM students hanging out in the 2nd floor lobby outside of the 2000 main IGM lab.

Secondary

Students, faculty, and staff who have relations and are associated with IGM, Golisano College, and RIT. (In that order).